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Louis Kaplan, Ph.D.

500 500 Stroud Water Research Center

Research Scientist Emeritus

  • Affiliate Faculty, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware

Contact

lakaplan@stroudcenter.org
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311

Interests and Expertise

Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry, aquatic microbial ecology, and nutrient cycling.

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Education

  • Ph.D., Biology (Limnology), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • M.S., Ecology, University of California, Davis, California.
  • B.A., Environmental Sciences, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Professional Experience

  • Research Scientist Emeritus, Stroud Water Research Center, 2018–present.
  • Director, Ecosystem Science Cluster, Division of Environmental Science, National Science Foundation, 2015–2018.
  • Senior Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 1999–2017.
  • Curator, Division of Environmental Research, Stroud Water Research Center, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1996–1999.
  • Assistant Curator, Division of Environmental Research, Stroud Water Research Center, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1988–1992.
  • Research Associate, Division of Environmental Research, Stroud Water Research Center, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1980–1988.
  • Post Graduate Research Scientist III, University of California, Davis, California, 1974–1975.

Publications

Effects of current velocity on the nascent architecture of stream microbial biofilms

Battin, T.J., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, X. Cheng, and C. Hansen. 2003c. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63:5443–5452.

A mixing model analysis of stream solute dynamics and the contribution of a hyporheic zone to ecosystem function

Battin, T.J., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and S.P. Hendricks. 2003a. Freshwater Biology 48:995–1014.

The role of monomers in stream ecosystem metabolism

Kaplan, L.A., and J.D. Newbold. 2002. Pages 97–119 in S. E. G. Findlay and R. L. Sinsabaugh (editors). Aquatic Ecosystems — Interactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter. Academic Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Autecological properties of 3-chlorobenzoate-degrading bacteria and their population dynamics when introduced into sediments

Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 2002. Microbial Ecology 43:199–216.

Monitoring dissolved organic carbon in surface and drinking waters

Volk, C., L. Wood, B. Johnson, J. Robinson, H.W. Zhu, L. Kaplan. 2002. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4(1):43–47.

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